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Is the Trump administration taking the opioids crisis seriously?

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Walmart introduces product that safely destroys opioids

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Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row, and experts are panicking

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Owner of Insys Therapeutics charged with bribing doctors to prescribe powerful opioid spray

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Trump makes rare reference to late brother in calling for end to opioid epidemic

Trump to declare a national health emergency on opioids

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White House says Trump will declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency on Thursday

A Fed Up! rally on Capitol Hill in September 2016.

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Trump promised to designate the opioid crisis as an emergency next week. His staff is panicking.

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Trump voices doubt on his drug czar nominee, the lead sponsor of a drugmaker-backed opioid bill

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Trump's drug czar nominee pushed through a law kneecapping opioid prosecution, DEA officials say

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It has been 63 days since Trump said he would declare the opioid epidemic a national emergency. He still hasn't.

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One of America's biggest pharmacies just announced it will limit opioid prescriptions to 7 days

An Ohio child holds a heartbreaking sign.

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Ohio needs more foster parents to take care of kids affected by the opioid crisis

A medication given to people overdosing on heroin.

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opioid crisis

opioid crisis

Is the Trump administration taking the opioids crisis seriously?

Walmart introduces product that safely destroys opioids

Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row, and experts are panicking

Owner of Insys Therapeutics charged with bribing doctors to prescribe powerful opioid spray

Trump makes rare reference to late brother in calling for end to opioid epidemic

White House says Trump will declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency on Thursday

Trump promised to designate the opioid crisis as an emergency next week. His staff is panicking.

Trump voices doubt on his drug czar nominee, the lead sponsor of a drugmaker-backed opioid bill

Trump's drug czar nominee pushed through a law kneecapping opioid prosecution, DEA officials say

It has been 63 days since Trump said he would declare the opioid epidemic a national emergency. He still hasn't.

One of America's biggest pharmacies just announced it will limit opioid prescriptions to 7 days

Ohio needs more foster parents to take care of kids affected by the opioid crisis

Unidentified drug causes dozens of overdoses in Georgia